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■ The State Bar develops alternative or additional legal resources to support
unaddressed issues or provide extra-judicial services.
▪ Continue to facilitate the work of the Building Bridges, Modest Means
and SRL Committees, as well as the Gap Assessment Subcommittee;
o The Building Bridges Committee continues to host CLEs
designed to educate attorneys on collateral consequences of
incarceration and increase access to free and affordable legal
representation for people returning home after incarceration.
o Building Bridges coordinated with OMV and DOC to release a
provisional driver’s license pamphlet, to be distributed to people
returning from prison statewide.
o Working with DOC to facilitate work of Louisiana Prisoner Re-
Entry Initiatives Implementation Steering Team for Legal Needs
to address various civil legal needs of reentry population.
o Modest Means Committee finalizing development of Limited
Scope Representation Toolkit for attorneys offering affordable
legal services
o Met with Clerks of Court in Rapides and Caddo Parishes to
discuss opportunities for assistance from the SRL Committee.
o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources.
o Worked closely with Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic
Violence to identify Clerks of Court providing notarial services
for self-represented litigants filing protective orders and
restraining orders.
o Continue development of ADR program modeled after ABA
manual for legal service organizations and in partnership with
the ADR section
o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources. Committee is working with the
LDJA to create training videos to address best practices for
remote access to courts and with the Technology Committee to
automate forms.
o SRL and Technology Committees recently hosted strategic
planning meetings and developed lists of priority goals.
▪ Continue to partner with libraries to support the Legal Education and
Assistance Program (LEAP);
o Created and updated basic legal guides for librarians to
educate the public, most recently including a COVID-19 guide.
o Developed live and recorded trainings for librarians to assist the
public with basic legal questions.
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